The Republican Party of Orange County is officially in total disarray as they managed to lose every single House seat in the O.C. to the Democratic Party.

As you might imagine local Republicans are trying to figure out what happened. The Trumpers among them are in complete denial. They cannot possibly imagine that President Trump had anything to do with the blue sweep in Orange County. Continue reading→

Former OC Weekly Editor Gustavo Arellano opined in a recent L.A. Times op-ed, that the OC GOP is dead. Well it may be too soon to declare the Republican Party of Orange County dead but it is most certainly on life support.

Two House seats were lost as a result of the Nov. 6 General Election – as longtime U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher got the boot and so did Diane Harkey, who was trying to hang on to the seat vacated by Darrell Issa. Continue reading→

The 2018 Orange County Primary Election is over! The statewide turnout was awfully low. Only 21% of the state’s voters turned out, according to the CA Secretary of State. The turnout here in Orange County was slightly better at 24%.

The big news in Orange County was the successful recall of State Senator Josh Newman. In total almost 60% of the electorate in his district voted yes on the Recall. He paid the price for voting to raise our gas taxes! His recall means the Democrats no longer have a super majority in California’s State Senate. Newman will be replaced by former Republican Assemblywoman Ling Ling Chang. Continue reading→

Congresswoman Mimi Walters (R-45th Congressional District) has hit a new low this week, attacking the wife of her opponent, Mission Viejo City Councilman Greg Raths, in two hit piece mailers.

Walters is not even trying to defend her record as a member of the House of Representatives because, quite frankly, it is indefensible. Walters’ voting record in Congress has been utterly deplorable. Click here to see just how bad it has been! Continue reading→

Orange, CA – State Senator and former Orange County Supervisor and Treasurer Tax Collector John Moorlach has earned the endorsement of the Orange County Taxpayers Association’s OCTaxPAC in his 2016 bid for re-election to his first full term in the 37th Senate District.

Senator Moorlach was elected to the California State Senate in a March 2015 special election to fill the seat vacated by Senator Mimi Walters, who was elected to Congress in 2014. Continue reading→

It looks like U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters won’t get to sail to reelection in 2016 without a fight. Mission Viejo Councilman Greg Raths has pulled papers to challenge Walters again, in the 45th Congressional District, according to OC Political.

Raths ran against Walters in 2014 but he was later elected to the Mission Viejo City Council. Now he has a title and can raise a lot more money than he did in 2014. Continue reading→